Healthy Teriyaki Chicken Burgers
For this Guilt-Free Teriyaki Chicken Burgers Recipe, I used ground chicken for this recipe, but you can also try this recipe with ground turkey as well.
Ingredients
FOR THE TERIYAKI SAUCE:
½ cup chicken stock (chicken broth or chicken bouillon)
1 teaspoon cornstarch
3 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon ginger - grated
1 clove garlic - pressed
½ teaspoon hot sauce - Oelek hot sauce, depending on how hot you want it
FOR THE BURGER:
1 pound ground chicken (minced chicken)
¼ cup green onions (scallions or green shallots) - chopped
3 tablespoons teriyaki sauce - see above
4 slices cheddar cheese
4 pieces hamburger buns
FOR THE SLAW:
- 1 cups napa cabbage - shredded
- ½ cup purple cabbage
¼ cup carrots
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon olive oil
½ teaspoon sugar (white sugar)
1 pinch salt
FOR SOY MAYO:
4 tablespoons mayonnaise- 1 tablespoons teriyaki sauce
- ¼ tablespoons hot mustard
Instructions
- Grate the ginger.
- Press the clove of garlic through a garlic press.
- On the stove over medium heat in a small pot, add all the ingredients for the teriyaki sauce.
- Bring to a boil and lower the heat to low, and simmer for about 5 minutes.
- Run the sauce through a strainer and set it in the refrigerator to cool.
- Shred the napa cabbage, purple cabbage and carrots and placed them in a bowl.
- Add the vinegar, salt, sugar, and olive oil to a small bowl and stir rapidly. Add to the slaw and set aside.
- Chop the scallion and add to a small bowl.
- Add the ground chicken.
- Add 3 tablespoons of the Teriyaki sauce and mix together.
- Divide the ground chicken into 4 patties. Add salt and pepper but very little as the soy adds salt.
- Heat up a large skillet or griddle.
- Add the patties to the griddle and cook for 4 minutes, then flip (cover with a lid).
- If you are going to use pineapple, add them to the griddle too.
- While they are cooking in a small bowl, add mayo, 1 tablespoon of teriyaki sauce, and the Chinese hot mustard. Stir and set aside.
- Back to the patties. Now that you flipped them. Brush on the remaining teriyaki sauce and then add the cheese (optional) and cover with a lid.
Nutrition
Calories: 414kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 28gFat: 29gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 9gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 121mgSodium: 1805mgPotassium: 834mgFiber: 1gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 1765IUVitamin C: 14mgCalcium: 167mgIron: 2mg
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